Woman sitting in car robbed of purse

Friday

Feb 21, 2014 at 1:15 PM

STOCKTON – A purse snatcher placed a gun to the head of his victim through the open window of her vehicle parked in a north Stockton business parking lot, took her purse and fled the area on foot late Thursday night, police reported.

The Record

STOCKTON – A purse snatcher placed a gun to the head of his victim through the open window of her vehicle parked in a north Stockton business parking lot, took her purse and fled the area on foot late Thursday night, police reported.

The incident took place in the 700 block of West Hammer Lane, just west of Etna Street, around 11:30 p.m. when the woman returned to her vehicle after patronizing a business in the shopping center. The armed robber approached her just as she was entering her vehicle, according to a report.

The robber was described as a black man between 35 and 40 years old, 5 feet 6 and 220 pounds with a stocky build, last seen wearing long black shorts and a black hooded sweatshirt. He was armed with a silver handgun, police reported.